While Minsk has been recently trying its best to revive its relationships with the West (see EDM, February 13), reciprocal steps have not yet been undertaken by the Western countries and international structures.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev started his visit to Brazil on Wednesday, February 20th. Medvedev had a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Due to the injury that Rousseff received at the carnival, the Brazilian president was wearing only one shoe. On her other foot, Rousseff had a rubber sandal, which gave an informal touch to the official meeting.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from pravda.ru

South Korea will hold a nuclear cooperation forum in South Africa on Wednesday (South African time) to create a friendly atmosphere to bid for the upcoming orders of nuclear power plants from the African country.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from globaltimes.cn

The United States is locked in a tight race with China and Russia to build destructive cyberweapons capable of seriously damaging other nations’ critical infrastructure, according to a leading expert on hostilities waged via the Internet.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from nbcnews.com

Ukraine's top diplomat in Brussels says his country rejects any kind of pre-conditions for the signature of its Association Agreement with the EU ahead of the leadership summit to be held on Monday.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from euractiv.com

International observers say Armenia's presidential vote was an improvement on recent elections but was not genuinely competitive.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from rferl.org

Russia will continue its active role in the political and diplomatic settlement of conflicts in the CIS area.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Security  |  from news.az

Adding a new dimension to their strategic ties, India and the UK today decided to start negotiations on a civil nuclear pact to facilitate entry of British companies into emerging atomic power sector here.

• Date: 19.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from indiatimes.com